Pitta versicolor
The Noisy Pitta bounces around on the rainforest floor looking for leeches and snails to eat. It has a creamy breast but bright orange belly, a black mask with chocolate brown cap and, when it flies, brilliant turquoise on its wings and tail and sudden white wing spots.
It builds an intricate domed nest at the base of a tree for its four eggs. It gets the name "noisy" because it call is one of the main sounds of the rainforest. People describe it's noisy call as 'walk-to-work' but a pitta never walks, it hops!
 Listen to the Noisy Pitta
Call © Andree Griffin & R.J. Swaby
Text by Stephen Garnett
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